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August 22, 2006
Nordic knitting goodies
Serveral of my family members went on holiday to the knitting walhalla of Scandinavia. Even though none of them are knitters themselves, they were sweet enough to visit yarn shops to bring me back some Nordic knitting goodies. Check them out:
The yarn is from a yarn shop in Kuusamo, Finland, bought by T's brother and his girlfriend. It's Gjestal Nagano, 100% superwash wool (50 g = 150 m). I love the color, it looks like the sky at night. I think I will use it to make socks, or maybe gloves. Thank you so much, D and F!
The other three items are two books and a leaflet, bought in Bergen, Norway, by my brother, sister in law and cousin. They went to the Pinnsvin Design shop and got me these great things. From left to right:
A leaflet with patterns to make hats, mittens, slippers and sweaters from the Norwegian children's series Jul på Månetoppen [Christmas at Månetoppen].
A booklet with 21 designs for wristwarmers, most of them beaded. This booklet is self published by Pinnsvin Design. I'm looking forward to making more wristwarmers and this book will be an inspiration.
And last but not least: Usynlege trådar i strikkekunsten [Invisible threads in the art of knitting] by Annemor Sundbø. This book is about the place of the knitting tradition in Norwegian society. It seems to be just as interesting as Annemor Sundbø's other books about knitting (which are translated to English): Everyday Knitting-Treasures from a Ragpile and Setesdal Sweaters. I just love these books about knitting traditions and history. The one I just got is written in Nynorsk, one of the two written languages in Norway. The other one, Bokmål, is a bit easier for me to read, so this will take me a while to finish. So far, it is great. I'll share some pictures of what it looks like inside soon.
Thank you for going to the trouble of getting these books for me, D, M and G!
Posted by saartje at August 22, 2006 10:31 PM
Comments
What a wonderful family you have!
Posted by: Paula at August 22, 2006 10:58 PM
Saartje, je bent goed verwent door je familie. Ik had al ontdekt dat ik in Bergen deze winkel misgelopen heb! Maar ik heb genoeg inkopen gedaan in Norwegen om deze winter zoet te zijn. Het blijft een walhalla aan wol daar. Veel plezier met je presenten. Groetjes Marijna
Posted by: Marijna at August 23, 2006 12:04 AM
What a lucky girl; you truly have a thoughtful family!
Posted by: Roberta at August 23, 2006 12:04 AM
Woh, this is great!!! Great products but more important, great Family!
Now the winter can start because you have nice things to read en to make.
Posted by: Tijm at August 23, 2006 7:16 AM
ahh, pinnsvin design! boy have i left some money there ... you read norwegian? very impressive!
Posted by: kris at August 23, 2006 8:33 AM
Thank you for this very nice book review!
Posted by: fleur at August 23, 2006 10:30 AM
Inderdaad prachtige spullen en ja... prachtige kleur die wol!
Posted by: froukjeq at August 23, 2006 9:06 PM
are there two written languages in Norway? Never knew that! Why oh why?
Posted by: mariken at August 24, 2006 2:30 PM
What nice gifts! It makes it even more special when a gift is from someone not interested in what they're bringing you. :0)
Posted by: Charity at August 24, 2006 5:28 PM
Hoi Saartje! Weer eens een berichtje van mij in je lange lijst comments :-) Leuk hoor al die mooi boeken! Ik ben nu aan het truien breien. Ik pas de modellen aan, omdat ze te wijde mouwen hebben, te breed of te kort zijn, maar dat geeft wel het nodige gepuzzel ;-) Ik ben erg benieuwd naar je nieuwe breisels! Groetjes, Manon
Posted by: Manon at August 24, 2006 6:49 PM
Oh, beautiful colour blue! And quite impressive that you can read Norwegian. Great family too!
Posted by: yvonnep at August 25, 2006 10:41 AM
Dear Saartje, Annemor's latest book, Usynlege trådar i strikkekunsten, is being translated into English - I am helping proofread the English text right now. So I can tell everyone that it is fabulously interesting, and soon they won't have to worry about reading Norwegian!
Robbie LaFleur, Annemor's friend in Minnesota
Posted by: Robbie at August 25, 2006 4:25 PM
you really knew where to send them to get yarn in Norway! Pinnsvin is THE (nearly only) yarnstore here! that's so cool that you read norwegian - maybe it looks a bit to you like dutch to me - so oddly familiar, like I code I'm about to crack...yet often completely "greek"! ;)
Posted by: karen at August 25, 2006 5:31 PM
Wat leuk met de noorse boeken, Saartje!
Og lykke til med å lese på nynorsk! (Spør hvis du trenger hjelp)(Vraag maar als je hulp noodig heb!)
Posted by: sofen at August 25, 2006 9:50 PM
What a great haul! Very nice blue:)
Posted by: Barb at August 26, 2006 6:28 AM
Ha Saartje,
How impressive that you actually read Norvegian! How did you learn this?
(and about why there are two written languages - as far as I know - : bokmål is the classical Norvegian, spoken & written at the times of the Danish colonisation, and after independance, a new, nationalistic, common language was inventen [nynorsk], based on a great number of dialects. By the way, I've come across books in norvegian, that were neither bokmål nor nynorsk, but seemed to be some dialect in writing)
Venlig hilsen,
Jonna (s'n'b utrecht)
Posted by: jonna at August 26, 2006 4:37 PM
You obviously got some great stuff! I've never been to Pinnsvindesign in Bergen, but I'll definitely go there when I get the chance some day.
Lykke til med nynorsken!
Btw, nice to hear that you like reading my blog.
Posted by: strikkelise at August 26, 2006 11:44 PM
What great family members to pick up tose things for you and none of them knit!
Posted by: wanda at August 27, 2006 12:00 AM
Hallo Saartje,
Ik lees af en toe met veel plezier je weblog nadat ik er over gelezen had in het tijdschrift Landleven.Leuk dat er zoveel geschreven wordt over breien.
Ik ben net terug van vakantie in Noorwegen en het toeval wil dat ik in de winkel was was Annemor Sundbo! Ik heb haar boeken bekeken, jammer dat haar laatste boek nog niet vertaald is in het Engels. Ik kan geen Noors lezen nl. anders had ik het ook gekocht. Ik moest aan jou denken toen ik hat tentoonstelling zag in een prachtig oude Noors huis naast haar winkel. De tentoonstelling liet een enorm aantal oude gebreide wanten zien. Ik vertelde over jou en ik kreeg een kaart voor je mee en een patroon voor polswarmers. Als je er belangstelling voor hebt stuur ik je het op. Ze verkocht de polswarmers toen ik in de winkel was aan een 5 tal stoere Italiaanse motorrijders die ook veel belangstelling hadden voor de truien en mutsen. Ze legde ze uit dat deze truien voorbeelden waren uit haar nieuwe boek, dat de patronen erin stonden en dat ze ze zelf konden breien, want ze had het te druk momenteel met haar boek. Het kwam heel grappig over! Ze waren oprecht teleurgesteld dat ze geen trui konden kopen bij haar. Ze had ook een leuk patroon van een kleine trol maar die staat geloof ik ik het nieuwe boek? Als je ooit in de buurt komt van haar winkel moet je zeker langs gaan. Ze verkoopt mooie wol. Ze heeft ook een website:www.annemor.com
groeten, Marja Oppelaar
Posted by: Marja Oppelaar at August 29, 2006 9:02 PM
Hi Saatje
Thanks for showing my book.
It is in English now.More info on www.annemor.com
Best from Annemor Sundbø, Norway
Posted by: annemor Sundbø at February 15, 2007 1:34 AM
